T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“The ghost of a love that had never really been there at all.”
Source: Nowhere Strangers: A Sapphic Coming-of-Age Story of Digital Romance, Heartbreak, and Self-Discovery
“The ghost of a smile flickered across his lips. ‘You’re always the voice of reason. Just try listening to yourself once in a while.”
Source: The Golden Lily: A Bloodlines Novel
“The ghost of the heart of manred Cain
And the more murderous brain
Of Man, still redder Nero that conceived the death
Of his mother Earth, and tore
Her womb, to know the place where he was conceived.”
Source: Selected poems
“The ghost still lingers in my thoughts, Captain—but I’ve chosen to bear responsibility for the living, not be ruled by the dead.
— Prince Hamlet”
Source: Hamlet's Last Choice
“The ghost story movie that scared me the most was The Changeling with George C. Scott. I think that's sometimes overlooked, but it's a wonderful piece of work.”
“The Ghosting Phenomenon: Disappearing without explanation has become a disturbingly common occurrence in online dating.”
Source: The Therapist's Handbook for Modern Dating: From First Move to First Date
“The ghostly presence of virtual particles defies rational common sense and is nonintuitive for those unacquainted with physics. Religious belief in God, and Christian belief that God became Man around two thousand years ago, may seem strange to common-sense thinking. But when the most elementary physical things behave in this way, we should be prepared to accept that the deepest aspects of our existence go beyond our common-sense intuitions.”
“The ghostly winter silence had given way to the great spring murmur of awakening life.”
Source: The Call of the Wild - Spotlight Edition
“The ghosts from my past float behind my eyes and haunt me in my dreams.”
Source: After The Robots Died, Issue #2, The Eye in the Sand
“The ghosts of her past never left her, save for the few moments of aching relief she had in the ring. And soon enough, the ring would be gone—the city itself would be gone, the citizens nothing but ink smudged numbers in a ledger and an addition to the accusatory voices in the back of her head.”
Source: The Heartless Divine
“The ghosts of our past have come to haunt us at last.”
Source: The Unraveling of Emlyn DuLaine
“The ghosts of Rilke and Wordsworth--along with the 300+ MFA programs, which now seem to employ all Living Poets--have misled the American public egregiously into thinking that poets are morally pure and/or useless.”
“The ghosts of things that never happened are worse than the ghosts of things that did.”
Source: EMILY STAR - Complete Trilogy: Emily of New Moon + Emily Climbs + Emily's Quest: Classic of Children's Literature
“The ghosts race towards the light, you can almost hear the heavy breathing spirits, all determined to get somewhere. New Orleans, unlike a lot of places you go back to and that don't have the magic anymore, still has got it. Night can swallow you up, yet none of it touches you. You can't see it, but you know it's here. Somebody's always sinking.”
“The ghosts swarm. They speak as one person. Each has left something undone.”
Source: Versed
“The ghosts that exert the most power in people’s lives-at least, the people I know–tend to be of their own making, and consist of equal parts regret and old fears and just plain missing somebody.”
“The ghosts . . . try to remember the sunlight. Light has died out of their skies.”
“The Ghosts We Leave Behind
When I meet you again,
I will walk past you;
Leaving the ghost behind
That haunted me for years.
I will walk fast and steady,
Not looking back.
May I think about today
Or tomorrow? — Nobody knows.”
Source: The Willow Song
“The ghosts you chase you never catch.”
“The giant beech next door intends to shiver off every hair of its pelt.”
Source: The Lacuna
“The giant console, high ceilings, and glass windows mean nothing than love from the heart.”
“The giant imaginary bottle of whiskey is with me.”
“The giant in front of you is never bigger than the God who lives in you.”
“The giant industries that are polluting our planet as well as violating human rights worldwide are the ones nearest and dearest to the hearts of American politicians.”
“The giant mouldy screen on Molly’s bedroom ceiling began to twirl and swirl in on itself. A black vortex emitting an overpowering stench of decay and mould began to drip from the ceiling like a hellish stalactite. Molly’s pitiful sobs cut to a sudden gagging halt in her throat as her child — her thing — oozed from the ceiling, descending down through the whirlwind of blight, sending Molly Greene into heaving hyperventilation.”
Source: The Squatter: An Old Castle Novel
“The giant neon spinning discs are a reminder of the huge role that Sam Sniderman and his store played in the cultural life of Toronto and I believe they should be preserved and remounted in the interests of our city's heritage.”
“The Giant Ocean Tank, with its 52 large viewing windows, is the main attraction here. Myrtle, a giant green sea turtle, is one of the tank's most popular animals, along with sharks, rays and more than 100 other species. The Aquarium Medical Center is a working animal hospital exhibit that allows visitors to observe veterinarians examining and treating sea creatures.”
“The giant only seems far away because we’ve yet to recognize that it’s as close as us.”
“The giant raised his fist, and a voice cut through the dream. "Leo!" Jason was shaking his shoulder. "Hey, man, why are you hugging Nike?" Leo's eyes fluttered open. His arms were wrapped around the human-sized statue in Athena's hand. He must have been thrashing in his sleep. He clung to the victory goddess like he used to cling to his pillow when he had nightmares as a kid. (Man, that had been so embarrassing in the foster homes.) He disentangled himself and sat up, rubbing his face. "Nothing," he muttered. "we were just cuddling. Um, what's going on?”
“The giant step in the walk of faith is the one we take when we decide God no longer is a part of our lives. He IS our life.”
Source: Praying God's Word: Breaking Free from Spiritual Strongholds
“The giant superstars are people whose talent is so enormous that their death wish can't destroy it.”
“The giant taco is flying. It's like your own personal dragon mount, except it's a taco. Breathe out. Soar the skies on your giant taco, Gabi!”
Source: Sal and Gabi Break the Universe
“The giant tree you see today was once a small seed that held its ground.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“The giant wave of the science has no mercy; when this colossal wave comes, it will sweep away anything untrue!”
“The giant white cube is now impeding rather than enhancing the rhythms of art. It preprograms a viewer's journey, shifts the emphasis from process to product, and lacks individuality and openness. It's not that art should be seen only in rutty bombed-out environments, but it should seem alive.”
“The Giants are looking for a trade but I don't think Atlanta wants to depart with a quality player.”
“The Giants are usually described as rag tag, kind of a great garage sale team, and the Democrats are described as the Mommies to the Republican Daddies; and everyone hates the mommies, but wait, wait - I didn't intend to get into the pathos and thrill of being a Democratic Giants fan.”
“The Giants have won. They have won the World Series for the third time in five years. And Madison Bumgarner has firmly etched his name on the all-time World Series record books as one of the greatest World Series pitchers the game has ever seen.”
“the giants let loose a deafening cheer. “Kill the humans!”
“Shut it!” Thrynga yelled. “We have humans with us!”
The giants murmured. Someone in the back said, “Present company excepted.”
Source: The Hammer of Thor
“The giants of the faith all had one thing in common: neither victory nor success, but passion.”
“The giants of the modern era repeatedly suggest that the next great advances in science will come in the exploration of the fabric of consciousness. Yet today, people have built entire careers, and whole fields of study have formed around avoiding the question of consciousness!”
Source: Primer for Alien Contact
“The giants of the race have been men of concentration, who have struck sledge-hammer blows in one place until they have accomplished their purpose. The successful men of today are men of one overmastering idea, one unwavering aim, men of single and intense purpose.”
Source: An Iron Will, He Can Who Thinks He Can & Pushing To The Front (Wisdom & Empowerment Series): How to Achieve Self-Reliance Which Leads to Vigorous Self-Faith, Personal Growth & Success
“The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.”
“The Giants were supposed to have a new motto, 'Shut up and deal.'”
“The Gift
Be still, my soul, and steadfast.
Earth and heaven both are still watching
though time is draining from the clock
and your walk, that was confident and quick,
has become slow.
So, be slow if you must, but let
the heart still play its true part.
love still as once you loved, deeply
and without patience. Let God and the world
know you are grateful.
That the gift has been given.”
Source: Felicity
“The Gift belongs to whoever chooses to accept it. It is enough to believe and not to be afraid to make a few mistakes.”
“The gift blesses the giver.”
Source: Wolf Hall
“The gift cannot be received unless it is given, for otherwise it would cease to merit its name. The basin is not filled up by the cascade from above unless it ceaselessly empties itself into the basin below. Only the abandonment of that which fills it permits that the stream to come should fill it without cease.”
Source: The Idol and Distance: Five Studies
“The gift derives its value from the rank of the giver.”
“The gift economy represents a shift from consumption to contribution, transaction to trust, scarcity to abundance and isolation to community.”